@ KPOcala:
I get the drift, but in point of fact one cannot “commit infamia” as infamia is a legal consequence rather than a criminal act. But in any case MLB isn’t quided by ancient Roman or canon law. And I’m sure the Santo family will be delighted to attend the ceremonies.

@ Jim TreshFan: There are other uses of the word “infamia” that don’t refer to Roman, canon, or legalities. My beef is that this induction is a cruel, cynical act. Cruel because these men didn’t vote Santo in years ago, and cynical because MLB gets to blow that opium-tinged air up the public’s closest orifice. It was a well known story in baseball for the past few years that Santo was in rapidly failing health, and these “men” could/should have done the RIGHT THING. I don’t know personally the validity to the story that Santo made a lot of enemies by show-boating at times in career. “Supposedly” this offended a lot of the writers at the time, as well as a number of players. The “show-boating” act was that he’d jump in the air and click his heals (I presume after hitting a homer/scoring a run….Until the last couple of days I hadn’t heard that story, maybe you remember or have read something about this “act”. If legends of the undead coming back are true, it should happen during the HOF inductions. Maybe “Honest Bud” gets his brains sucked out on ESPN.